On THE WALL

by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Reposted from Facebook THIS IS EYE OPENING AND BRILLIANTLY SIMPLE.

POLITICAL POST OF THE DAY YES, THIS NAILS IT. If you want the alpha to the omega, here it is. This includes New Mexico. She is the ONLY one to mention some of this uses Native American lands.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gives a more compelling response to Trump's border wall funding scare tactics than seasoned politicians._

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“Please allow me to frame the issues involved with "the wall" in its actual terms. Despite what the media is saying, this is not about Democrat vs. Republican. In short, the executive branch of our government is threatening to declare a national emergency since the legislative branch will not authorize the seizure of private American property for a federal works project nor will fund it. The executive branch has already shut down the federal government. It is currently threatening to extend this government shut down for however long it takes for the legislative branch to cave.

Let us break this down.

First of all, the framework of our government is based on checks and balances. Power is divided into three branches: the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial. The Legislative branch controls the purse strings of government and creates laws. The Executive branch carries out those laws. The Judicial branch tells us whether the laws are constitutional or not. Each branch was designed to be able to balance the other branches.

Why? As shown by our original rebellion, Americans didn't want a King or a Dictator when we were setting up our government. We were not particularly thrilled with a House of Lords telling us what we could or could not do either.
In this case, the executive branch wants to:
(1) take governmental cash,
(2) create its own law,
(3) take away private property from American citizens
(4) create its own federal works project.

At least three of these functions fall within the power/ responsibility of the legislative branch. So, what is the problem? This is one of the most naked power grabs by the executive branch over the others in recent history. Once that power is exercised, it is going to be difficult or impossible to regain any balance again. The executive branch was never meant to have that much power (see our country's previous concerns about Kings and Dictators). Is this constitutional? Very doubtful. Should all Americans be concerned? That is a question for you to answer yourself.

Second, a "National Emergency" is generally declared under these general conditions:
(1) Natural disasters including hurricanes, tornados, and earthquakes to name a few.
(2) Public health emergencies such as significant outbreaks of infectious diseases.
(3) Military attacks.
(4) Civil insurrection.
(5) Any unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or substantial part outside the United States, to the national security, foreign policy, or economy.
Now the first 4 aren't applicable. The last category was meant to be short-term only. It was designed to be reviewed by the legislative branch every year after it’s enacted (because again; the check and balance is fundamental to how we operate).

So, what is the problem here? If national emergencies can be declared by the executive branch for non-emergency purposes which vest power in one branch of the government why would that branch ever let go of that power again?

Third, the seizure of private property (known as “eminent domain”, a body of law which says the government cannot just take your home without due process). You are joking, right? No. The US/Mexican border is 1,933 miles long. It runs through 4 states (California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas). Only 33% of that land is actually owned or managed by the Federal Government. A sizable percentage of that land is owned by the Indian nations. It is land preserved for those tribes by treaty and land given under treaty is not land owned by the United States. These tribes already have a lot of reasons to be angry at the Federal Government. This would be pouring additional gas on an open flame.
The other 64% of that land is privately owned.

How much land would have to be taken? The amount of land that the Federal Government would have to take would likely run 1,237 miles long to 12,371 miles deep (assuming a 1 to 10-mile DMZ from the border into the United States). Even if we could only take 100 to 500 ft of land in densely populated areas, that is a lot of private property that is going to be seized by the Federal government.

The land necessary for this project would also run through some highly populated areas in the US such as San Diego, Calexico, Nogales, El Paso, and Laredo. There will be a lot of Americans who are going to have their homes and businesses taken by the federal government. Which will also mean a lot of lawsuits.
In terms of the federal works project, these types of works include hospitals, bridges, highways, walls and dams. These projects may be funded by local, state, or federal appropriations. If they are federal, they are funded by the legislative branch of our government (the same branch that our executive branch is currently trying to take power from). Is the seizure of power constitutional? Not likely given the separation of powers discussed above.

Finally, these considerations do not take into account the sheer cost, human and monetary, that will be involved. The Department of Homeland Security estimates the current cost at $21 billion for construction alone (not counting costs of maintenance or costs associated with increased military/federal patrolling).
Ask yourself a simple question. When was the last time that you saw a governmental project brought in under time and under budget? Does anyone remember the “big dig” in Boston, Mass? The actual costs are likely to be much higher. This estimated cost also does not include compensating folks for taking their land or the associated impact upon their businesses.

The Federal budget deficit grew to $779 billion dollars in 2018 according to the Treasury Department. How are we, as a country, going to fund this project? How are we, as a country, going to deal with the additional debt? Unlike private businesses, our country cannot declare bankruptcy.
This is not about Democrat vs. Republican. It is not about who has the best zingers measured in 10 second sound bites. It is about our country. The core of this issue deals with the profound and immense changes the outcome will have on the structure of our nation. This is the way that we, as a country, should be framing these issues. Please think about it.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

#politics #democracy #thewall #eminentdomain #nativeamerican #abuseofpower #government

The #Economist Intelligence Unit published the 2017 #Democracy Index

The index rates 167 countries by 60 indicators across five broad categories: electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of government, political participation, democratic political culture and civil liberties.

Is it just me or do some of these points that are used as indices appear a little bit too abstract and too immaterial to measure them with a numerical system? Just saying, some of these points seem hard to be measured by obligatory systems. Or maybe, I’m just too dumb to understand.

This is true even in advanced democracies such as the United States, where voters are highly disgruntled. Polarisation in America has led to anger, gridlock and the current government shutdown. According to Gallup polls from January to mid-November 2018, the share of Americans who approve of the way that Congress is handling its job had fallen to an average of 18%, down from 40% in 2000. Perhaps because they are so cross, they are more likely to vote. Turnout at the 2018 mid-term elections was the highest for over 100 years.

How would one come to say that the US have ever been an advanced democracy? Seriously? I thought that the Economist was a somewhat serious newspaper.

#Economy #Economics #CivilLiberties #Pluralism #Culture #Politics #Policy #News #Global #World #US #USA #Europe #Asia #SouthAmerica #LatinAmerica #NorthAmerica #Australasia #Oceania #Eurasia

The #Economist Intelligence Unit published the 2017 #Democracy Index

The index rates 167 countries by 60 indicators across five broad categories: electoral process and pluralism, the functioning of government, political participation, democratic political culture and civil liberties.

Is it just me or do some of these points that are used as indices appear a little bit too abstract and too immaterial to measure them with a numerical system? Just saying, some of these points seem hard to be measured by obligatory systems. Or maybe, I'm just too dumb to understand.

This is true even in advanced democracies such as the United States, where voters are highly disgruntled. Polarisation in America has led to anger, gridlock and the current government shutdown. According to Gallup polls from January to mid-November 2018, the share of Americans who approve of the way that Congress is handling its job had fallen to an average of 18%, down from 40% in 2000. Perhaps because they are so cross, they are more likely to vote. Turnout at the 2018 mid-term elections was the highest for over 100 years.

How would one come to say that the US have ever been an advanced democracy? Seriously? I thought that the Economist was a somewhat serious newspaper.

#Economy #Economics #CivilLiberties #Pluralism #Culture #Politics #Policy #News #Global #World #US #USA #Europe #Asia #SouthAmerica #LatinAmerica #NorthAmerica #Australasia #Oceania #Eurasia

Democracy is not a beloved Republic really, and never will be. But it is less hateful than other contemporary forms of government, and to that extent it deserves our support. It does start from the assumption that the individual is important, and that all types are needed to make a civilization. It does not divide its citizens into the bossers and the bossed — as an efficiency-regime tends to do. The people I admire most are those who are sensitive and want to create something or discover something, and do not see life in terms of power, and such people get more of a chance under a democracy than elsewhere. They found religions, great or small, or they produce literature and art, or they do disinterested scientific research, or they may be what is called “ordinary people”, who are creative in their private lives, bring up their children decently, for instance, or help their neighbours. All these people need to express themselves; they cannot do so unless society allows them liberty to do so, and the society which allows them most liberty is a democracy.

E. M. Forster (1879-1970) English novelist, essayist, critic, librettist [Edward Morgan Forster]
“What I Believe,” The Nation (16 Jul 1938)

#quotation #quote #democracy #freedom #government

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Oliver Tambo: Have You Heard From Johannesburg

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Have You Heard From Johannesburg tells the untold story of Oliver Tambo—who lived a life on the principles of ethics, compassion, inclusion, social justice and equality—the man behind the release of Nelson Mandela and the end of apartheid in South Africa.

Described as one of the world’s greatest statesmen, his strategy to the international community to isolate and sanction the apartheid regime created the most globalized human rights struggle of the 20th century. Regarded as a terrorist in the West, he was hunted by the South African government’s assassins. He narrowly escaped death at their hands, and succeeded in leading the overthrow of apartheid and fathered the new constitution of a democratic South Africa.

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Have You Heard From Johannesburg
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/haveyouheard/68564305

Have You Heard From Johannesburg is seven documentary stories, produced and directed by Connie Field, chronicling the history of the global anti-apartheid movement that took on South Africa’s entrenched apartheid regime and its international supporters who considered South Africa an ally in the Cold War.

Almost fifty years ago, South Africans began to realize that their freedom struggle had to be built in four arenas of action: mass action, underground organization, armed struggle, and international mobilization. These documentaries take viewers inside that last arena, the movement to mobilize worldwide citizen action to isolate the apartheid regime. Inspired by the courage and suffering of South Africa’s people as they fought back against the violence and oppression of racism, foreign solidarity groups, in cooperation with exiled South Africans, took up the anti-apartheid cause. Working against heavy odds, in a climate of apathy or even support for the governments of Verwoerd, Vorster and P.W. Botha, campaigners challenged their governments and powerful corporations in the West to face up to the immorality of their collaboration with apartheid.

This was not just a political battle; it was economic, cultural, moral, and spiritual. The struggle came to many surprising venues: it was waged in sports arenas and cathedrals, in embassies and corporate boardrooms, at fruit stands and beaches, at rock concerts and gas stations. Thousands died, but in the end, nonviolent pressures played a major part in the collapse of apartheid and thus in the stunning victory of democracy in South Africa.

The combined stories have a scope that is epic in both space and time, spanning most of the globe over half a century. Beginning with the very first session of the United Nations, and ending in 1990 – when, after 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela, the best known leader of the African National Congress (ANC) toured the world, a free man.

#HaveYouHeardFromJohannesburg #documentary #film #series #violence #oppression #racism #apartheid #freedom #rights #democracy #humanrights #anti-apartheid #cause #equality #social #justice #peace #solidarity #movement #OliverTambo #NelsonMandela #SouthAfrica #ConnieField #ClarityFilms #docu-films

#Hasina reelected, accused of election fraud

Hasina, who has been in office since 2009, is credited with almost a decade of continued GDP growth in Bangladesh as well as the development of a roughly $30 billion garment export industry, second-largest only to China. She has also been applauded for her handling of the Rohingya refugee crisis, reports Al Jazeera. Her ruling Awami League alliance won 288 of the 300 parliamentary seats up for grabs during Sunday's election, reports AP.

So, she may have improved her ocuntry's wealth and handled the Rohingya crisis quite well, but still she was alleged of having defrauded the election. Didn't she think her reelection was saved just by her good deeds? Did she see reasons for people to vote in favour of her opponent? We don't know, but the video footage provided by the BBC is interesting...

These concerns prompted the U.S. to send election monitors, according to Reuters. During Sunday's vote, at least 17 people were killed, despite some 600,000 security forces being deployed to contain any violence, police tell the news agency.
Opposition alliance leader Kamal Hossain called Sunday's vote "flawed" and he called for a new vote under a neutral administration "as soon as possible," according to Reuters. His party won just seven parliamentary seats, reports the AP.

#Bangladesh #SouthEastAsia #Election #GeneralElection #Crooked #Corruption #Fraud #News #Politics #EastAsia #Democracy #HumanRight

#US have become one of the most lethal countries for #journalists

The world's five deadliest countries for journalists include three — #India, #Mexico and, for the first time, the United States — where journalists were killed in cold blood, even though those countries weren't at war or in conflict, the group said.

Still proud of your country, you bleeding-heart patriots? Your country is at one level with countries like Saudi-Arabia or Mexico, which you still like to discredit as a country of rapists, drug traffickers and murderers. Now, you are nothing better than them. You'd better get used to it, you imprudent arseholes.

Meanwhile, the shooting deaths of five employees of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, in June propelled the United States into the ranks of the most dangerous countries for the first time.

#USA #News #World #FreedomOfThePress #PressFreedom #Autocracy #Authoritarian #antiFreedom #Democracy #Freedom #Safety #Dictatorship #Dictator #Fascism #StopFascism #NoFascism #NoNationalism #NoPatriotism #FreePress #Politics

#NRA railing the Department of #Education on the role of guns in school shootings

In the end, the report, which officials said drew on input from mental health professionals and families from eight states, largely echoed the public statements of the president, who has repeatedly and publicly promoted the idea of arming school officials and went so far as to back a proposal by the National Rifle Association that would give those officials a bonus.

A-ha...

But the report also recommended that schools and communities examine ways to carry out extreme risk protection orders to temporarily seize firearms from people who appear mentally disturbed, though it emphasized that such efforts should be carried out without affecting “Second Amendment liberties,” senior administration officials said on Tuesday.

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#US #USA #DeVos #BetsyDeVos #Trump #DonaldTrump #MarjoryStonemanDouglasHighSchool #SandyHookElementarySchool #VirginiaTech #GunControl #NRA #NationalRifleAssociation #Lobbyism #Corruption Crooked #Democracy #GOP #Republicans #News #Politics

Sri Lanka's president Mahinda #Rajapaksa resigns

The feud put the country on the path towards a government shutdown with parliament unable to pass spending for 2019 as legislators clashed on the chamber floor - throwing chairs, books, and chilli paste - over who should remain the country's prime minister.

It kind of reminds me of the clashes they fought in the parliament in the Kosovo, in which someone threw a tear gas bomb, which led to the parliament's debate's delay, since the people could no longer breathe. I didn't expect something like this to happen in a country which I thought was stable, after it overcame its riots of the past. Seems to be that this presidency ended abruptly as well, albeit not unexpected.

#EastAsia #India #SriLanka #Ceylon (I don't use this hashtag to reactivate/revive racial views or slurs, but I somehow like this name over the new one, it sounds more romantic to me) #News #Politics #MahindaRajapaksa #Democracy #Election #GeneralElection #Riots #Parliament #Asia

The Church of Satan - der gute Kapitalist und kollektive Verantwortung - nicht mein Bier

You feed your children to a heartless machine – it’s name is capitalism – and you wonder why – your children become so heartless – they don’t visit you in your elderly home no call on your birthday.

Ihr verfüttert eure Kinder an eine Maschine welche sich Kapitalismus nennt – und wundert euch dann – dass Sie so herzlos sind – und euch NICHT im Altersheim besuchen – keiner Oma über die Strasse helfen – keine Kindergärtner werden wollen – noch schlimmer – Sie vergessen euren Geburtstag und ihr seit ihnen beinahe egal – weil im Kapitalismus die Herzlosigkeit belohnt wird.




It is not in the responsibility of a “good” capitalist to care for the “whole thing” – called family – earth – ecosystems – even his/her own company – it would cost time and/or money – so it is to be avoided – even asking this question – writing this blog – or reading it – is “not my/your job” as a “good” capitalist.

Verantwortung für das große Ganze: Ein “guter” Kapitalist wird NIEMALS Verantwortung für das “grosse Ganze” übernehmen.

Nicht mal für sich selbst, für die eigene Firma für die Er/Sie arbeitet.




Small and medium sized businesses/companies that are family-led and family-passed-on – that are innovative, create jobs and care about keeping jobs in the country (not China) do exist – but are the rare expection.

Weil: Im Kapitalismus = Individualismus = ist jeder nur für sich selbst verantwortlich, KMUs wie Trigema – ein seit Generationen Familien-geführtes Unternehmen – welches sich für den Erhalt von Arbeitsplätzen in einem an die Globalisierung (China) verloren geglaubten Sektor (Textilien) sind die Grosse Ausnahme – Respekt dafür.




To take care about the environment does not make sense from a profit-perspective – unless solar+batteries REALLY become cheaper than nuclear or coal power – but nuclear and coal will prevent that – again with money and politicians willing to drink the cool aid.

Weswegen Umweltschutz aus der Sicht des Kapitalismus auch KEINEN Sinn macht – weil wie gesagt – dieser sich NICHT für das Grosse Ganze zuständig fühlt – diese Verantwortung wird meist der “Politik” der “Regierung” zugeschoben – egal ob es auch die eigene Gesundheit, Existenz bedroht oder nicht – also – machen wir es wie die Türken – einfach den Müll aus dem fahrenden Fahrzeug schmeißen – “passt scho” – ist ja bestimmt ökologisch abbaubar in 500 Jahren.

Das “Grosse Ganze” könnte sein: Die Firma – der Verein – die Familie – der Staat – das Volk – das Land – die Menschheit – die Natur – der Planet – die Ökosysteme auf Erden (Ozeane, Wälder, das Klima sogar das Geldsystem ist ein Ökosystem).




Kapitalisten haben keine Zeit für Ehrenamt und wenn dann machen Sie es aus Gründen des Workoholismus – um von den eigenen privaten/psychischen/menschlichen Defiziten (als Mensch unterentwickelt) durch Arbeit, Beschäftigung (egal wie sinnlos) abzulenken

Also fühlt sich der Kapitalismus – streng genommen – noch nicht mal für sich selbst verantwortlich – d.h. es ist “dem Kapitalismus” egal wie viele strukturell / systembedingte verursachte Finanz-Banken-Schulden-Krisen da kommen und deren fatale Auswirkungen auf das (Über)Leben von Leben auf diesem Planeten – könnten oder nicht – das von Menschen gemachte System – evtl. tatsächlich mit ehrlichen und guten Intentionen geschaffen – ähnlich einer Maschine – macht einfach “weiter so” – bis es eines Tages – tatsächlich irreparabel zerstört ist – oder die Menschheit zerstört hat.

The neaderthaler died out – despite his/her human like features – this could happen to homo sapiens as well – but the irony is – homo sapiens could be it’s own mass extinction event – nothing smart or clever or sapiens about that.

Der Neandertaler ist auch – trotz seiner Menschen ähnlichen Eigenschaften – ausgestorben – nicht auszuschließen, dass es Homo Sapiens eines Tages genauso geht – nur dass Homo Sapiens im schlimmsten Fall – sein eigenes “Mass extinction event” (großer Meteor, großer Vulkan) war.

Der “gute Kapitalist” nutzt seine vorhandenen oder auch nicht vorhandenen Chancen – spielt sich selbst Chancen zu und nutzt diese auch über die Grau-Zonen hinaus.

Das dieses Konzept OFFENSICHTLICH fatal, kurzsichtig und tendenziell illegal ist – ist egal oder scheinbar nicht allen offensichtlich.

Ich möchte jetzt nicht so weit gehen und die “Church of Satan” zitieren welche da sagt: “humans can be the best and the most vicious of animals”

Übersetzt: “Der Mensch kann das beste aber auch das bösartigste aller Tiere sein”

Es würde kollektive Einsicht, Anstrengungen, Bewusstsein vieler gebündelter “freien Willen” bedürfen um diese Aussage zu widerlegen.










\#money #alternative #reform #systems #vollgeld #bge #altcoopsys #alternatives #alternativgeld #OsOfSociety #OperatingSystemsOfSociety #SystemPhilosophy #dinero #dollar #euro #yen #rubel #sustainability #resilience #complementary #complementarycurrency #cooperation #monetaryreform #financialreform #financialsystemreform #financialcrisis #mortagecrisis #debtcrisis #suprimecrisis #occupywallsreet #occupyfrankfurt #finance #geldsystem #geldreform #moneysystem #financialsystem #economics #ecologicaleconomics #economy #capitalism #kapitalismus #system #individualism #individuum #freewill #freedom #democracy #market #verantwortung #responsibility #philosophy #philosophie
Originally posted at: https://altcoopsys.org/2018/12/15/the-church-of-satan-der-gute-kapitalist-und-kollektive-verantwortung-nicht-mein-bier/

The Church of Satan - der gute Kapitalist und kollektive Verantwortung - nicht mein Bier

You feed your children to a heartless machine – it’s name is capitalism – and you wonder why – your children become so heartless – they don’t visit you in your elderly home no call on your birthday.

Ihr verfüttert eure Kinder an eine Maschine welche sich Kapitalismus nennt – und wundert euch dann – dass Sie so herzlos sind – und euch NICHT im Altersheim besuchen – keiner Oma über die Strasse helfen – keine Kindergärtner werden wollen – noch schlimmer – Sie vergessen euren Geburtstag und ihr seit ihnen beinahe egal – weil im Kapitalismus die Herzlosigkeit belohnt wird.




It is not in the responsibility of a “good” capitalist to care for the “whole thing” – called family – earth – ecosystems – even his/her own company – it would cost time and/or money – so it is to be avoided – even asking this question – writing this blog – or reading it – is “not my/your job” as a “good” capitalist.

Verantwortung für das große Ganze: Ein “guter” Kapitalist wird NIEMALS Verantwortung für das “grosse Ganze” übernehmen.

Nicht mal für sich selbst, für die eigene Firma für die Er/Sie arbeitet.




Small and medium sized businesses/companies that are family-led and family-passed-on – that are innovative, create jobs and care about keeping jobs in the country (not China) do exist – but are the rare expection.

Weil: Im Kapitalismus = Individualismus = ist jeder nur für sich selbst verantwortlich, KMUs wie Trigema – ein seit Generationen Familien-geführtes Unternehmen – welches sich für den Erhalt von Arbeitsplätzen in einem an die Globalisierung (China) verloren geglaubten Sektor (Textilien) sind die Grosse Ausnahme – Respekt dafür.




To take care about the environment does not make sense from a profit-perspective – unless solar+batteries REALLY become cheaper than nuclear or coal power – but nuclear and coal will prevent that – again with money and politicians willing to drink the cool aid.

Weswegen Umweltschutz aus der Sicht des Kapitalismus auch KEINEN Sinn macht – weil wie gesagt – dieser sich NICHT für das Grosse Ganze zuständig fühlt – diese Verantwortung wird meist der “Politik” der “Regierung” zugeschoben – egal ob es auch die eigene Gesundheit, Existenz bedroht oder nicht – also – machen wir es wie die Türken – einfach den Müll aus dem fahrenden Fahrzeug schmeißen – “passt scho” – ist ja bestimmt ökologisch abbaubar in 500 Jahren.

Das “Grosse Ganze” könnte sein: Die Firma – der Verein – die Familie – der Staat – das Volk – das Land – die Menschheit – die Natur – der Planet – die Ökosysteme auf Erden (Ozeane, Wälder, das Klima sogar das Geldsystem ist ein Ökosystem).




Kapitalisten haben keine Zeit für Ehrenamt und wenn dann machen Sie es aus Gründen des Workoholismus – um von den eigenen privaten/psychischen/menschlichen Defiziten (als Mensch unterentwickelt) durch Arbeit, Beschäftigung (egal wie sinnlos) abzulenken

Also fühlt sich der Kapitalismus – streng genommen – noch nicht mal für sich selbst verantwortlich – d.h. es ist “dem Kapitalismus” egal wie viele strukturell / systembedingte verursachte Finanz-Banken-Schulden-Krisen da kommen und deren fatale Auswirkungen auf das (Über)Leben von Leben auf diesem Planeten – könnten oder nicht – das von Menschen gemachte System – evtl. tatsächlich mit ehrlichen und guten Intentionen geschaffen – ähnlich einer Maschine – macht einfach “weiter so” – bis es eines Tages – tatsächlich irreparabel zerstört ist – oder die Menschheit zerstört hat.

The neaderthaler died out – despite his/her human like features – this could happen to homo sapiens as well – but the irony is – homo sapiens could be it’s own mass extinction event – nothing smart or clever or sapiens about that.

Der Neandertaler ist auch – trotz seiner Menschen ähnlichen Eigenschaften – ausgestorben – nicht auszuschließen, dass es Homo Sapiens eines Tages genauso geht – nur dass Homo Sapiens im schlimmsten Fall – sein eigenes “Mass extinction event” (großer Meteor, großer Vulkan) war.

Der “gute Kapitalist” nutzt seine vorhandenen oder auch nicht vorhandenen Chancen – spielt sich selbst Chancen zu und nutzt diese auch über die Grau-Zonen hinaus.

Das dieses Konzept OFFENSICHTLICH fatal, kurzsichtig und tendenziell illegal ist – ist egal oder scheinbar nicht allen offensichtlich.

Ich möchte jetzt nicht so weit gehen und die “Church of Satan” zitieren welche da sagt: “humans can be the best and the most vicious of animals”

Übersetzt: “Der Mensch kann das beste aber auch das bösartigste aller Tiere sein”

Es würde kollektive Einsicht, Anstrengungen, Bewusstsein vieler gebündelter “freien Willen” bedürfen um diese Aussage zu widerlegen.










\#money #alternative #reform #systems #vollgeld #bge #altcoopsys #alternatives #alternativgeld #OsOfSociety #OperatingSystemsOfSociety #SystemPhilosophy #dinero #dollar #euro #yen #rubel #sustainability #resilience #complementary #complementarycurrency #cooperation #monetaryreform #financialreform #financialsystemreform #financialcrisis #mortagecrisis #debtcrisis #suprimecrisis #occupywallsreet #occupyfrankfurt #finance #geldsystem #geldreform #moneysystem #financialsystem #economics #ecologicaleconomics #economy #capitalism #kapitalismus #system #individualism #individuum #freewill #freedom #democracy #market #verantwortung #responsibility #philosophy #philosophie
Originally posted at: https://altcoopsys.org/2018/12/15/the-church-of-satan-der-gute-kapitalist-und-kollektive-verantwortung-nicht-mein-bier/

American "democracy" is at stake

The inflection point is not just President Drumpf and his administration’s conduct writ large, but the coming reckoning over whatever it is that Robert Mueller ends up finding after rooting around in felonious life and times of Donald J. Drumpf. “We are on the eve of the conclusion of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation and the House’s commencement of investigations of the president and his administration,” the letter reads. “The likely convergence of these two events will occur at a time when simmering regional conflicts and global power confrontations continue to threaten our security, economy and geopolitical stability.”

In my opinion, the corrupted American policies and state system should just crash and either lead to a freer society which is built without a state but on the basis of small, self-governing communes that cooperate with each other if they wish to, or a new state that will work smoothly, without people like Donnie to be able to take an office, and without all the corruption, the bipartisan elections and the possibility of gerrymandering. A state that is able to defend itself from fascists and right-winged libertarians to take offices. The first option is preferred.

#US #USA #Democracy #Politics #News #WashPost #Senate #House #WhiteHouse #Coruption #Gerrymandering #GOP #BlueWave #Trump #DonaldTrump

Even #GOP candidates despise the restriction ideals of their party

#McCallum told the newspaper that Walker should veto some of the proposals passed by the Legislature. He said that both parties have played political games in the past, but that “we seem to be going down a very slippery slope of personal power over public policy.”

To be honest, if you were interested in a fair game during the elections, no matter of what kind, then you would not bring such some legislations on the way during the lame duck sessions; because this way, you don't only curb your successor's abilities, but also curb the Democratic fundament that shapes a US state's federal government. I know it's not Democratic per se anyway, but it at least is more just than what you would see in complete autocracies. Just saying... What the GOP currently does is close to authoritarianist, closely on its way to #fascism.

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Oblivious elections - part III: #Armenia

#Pashinyan’s party is expected to get a majority in the new legislature, allowing him to push ahead with his campaign to reshape the South Caucasus nation’s political landscape and spark an “economic revolution”.
Last week, Pashinyan – who is acting prime minister – promised “the best elections Armenia has ever seen”, without ballot-stuffing or voter intimidation.

At least there are examples of elections that don't end up in a massacre on the voters, such as it happens in Afghanistan, where the votes are still not counted to the end, including all the flaws of the election, the corruption that runs through it. In Armenia, this doesn't seem to have happened, although believing that no new crooks would fill the space is naive.

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